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Jay Stroman, CEO of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏFoundation; Connie Leung, Tony Leung, donors; Irene Hurst, director of operations, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCenter for Analytics and Creativity, standing in front of a bronze bull statue.

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏreceives $1 million gift to create scholarships for low-income Hillsborough County students

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ announced a $1 million gift from Connie and Tony Leung, founders of Sanwa Food Group, to establish the Leung Family Scholarships.

January 27, 2022University News

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Physicians, anthropologists and marine biologists start at the soil in launch of program to address nature’s impact on human health

Linking human health to the environment, a growing team of scientists is working together to enhance the impact of microbiomes in a new multifaceted venture called the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏMetropolitan Food Project (MFP). The goal of the project is to address how environmental changes impact food nutrition, and in turn, human health and the risk of viral pandemics.

January 26, 2022Research and Innovation

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Ten ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfaculty members receive national recognition as AAAS Fellows for academic research

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named 10 ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers as new Fellows, including a College of Education associate professor who will become the university’s first Black faculty member to receive one of the world’s most prestigious honors for academic research.

January 26, 2022Honors and Awards

A new bill that aims to combat human trafficking would establish the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Risk to Resilience Lab on USF’s St. Petersburg campus as the centralized repository for anonymous human trafficking data collected from law enforcement sources across the state.

January 25, 2022University News

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USF’s online graduate programs rank among the nation’s best

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ delivers some of the best online graduate programs in the country, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News and World Report (U.S. News). Five of USF’s online programs rank in the top 100, including three programs in the top 50 and one in the top 15.

January 25, 2022University News

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Six ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfaculty members recognized with Excellence in Innovation Awards

Researchers from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Engineering and the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth Morsani College of Medicine are recognized for their innovations that range from artificial intelligence that can detect and predict suicidality, to encrypting and protecting sensitive information from cloud servers, to disinfecting and recharging masks for safe multiple use.

January 24, 2022Honors and Awards

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ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ researchers release national public opinion survey findings on vote-by-mail security and election fairness

Researchers at the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, in collaboration with researchers at Florida International University, have released a second round of results from a nationwide survey. This set is aimed at measuring public opinion about several proposed electoral/voting reforms, as well as attitudes about the Electoral College.

January 20, 2022Research and Innovation

President Rhea Law and House Speaker Chris Sprowls pose with ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏstudents at the Florida House of Representatives for ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏDay at the Capitol.

Students, university leadership advocate for ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏduring Day at the Capitol in Tallahassee

Dozens of students from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ are standing side by side with President Rhea Law, trustees and other university leaders in Tallahassee to advocate for the university’s priorities in the 2022 state legislative session that began last week.

January 18, 2022University News

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Study finds Rwandan genocide chemically modified the DNA of victims and victims’ offspring

Scientists with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏGenomics Program Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research have taken a significant step in providing the people of Rwanda the scientific tools they need to help address mental health issues that stemmed from the 1994 genocides of the Tutsi ethnic group.

January 10, 2022Research and Innovation

The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is seeking support from the Florida Legislature and the local community to advance a bold new plan for an interdisciplinary center of excellence that will harness the collective power of colleges and departments from throughout the university to address the existential challenges created by climate change, including sea level rise, high tide flooding events and other coastal hazards.

January 10, 2022Research and Innovation, University News

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Reverse recycling debuts at USF

Reverse vending machines have been installed on campus. Funded by The Coca-Cola Company and its Tampa-based bottling partner, Coke Florida, the sustainability initiative not only promotes recycling, but gives back to the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏcommunity.

January 6, 2022Campus Life, University News

New agreement runs through June 2028.

January 5, 2022ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏAthletics, University News

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